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Fluid Fins, a Numerical Investigation on the Feasibility of Using Fluids As Shapeable Propulsive Appendages Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 615-623, 2017. Available online at www.jafmonline.net, ISSN 1735-3572, EISSN 1735-3645. DOI: 10.18869/acadpub.jafm.73.239.26612 Ferrofluid Appendages: Fluid Fins, a Numerical Investigation on the Feasibility of using Fluids as Shapeable Propulsive Appendages M. A. Feizi Chekab and P. Ghadimi† Department of Marine Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Tehran 14717, Iran †Corresponding Author Email: [email protected] (Received June 1, 2016; accepted November 19, 2016) ABSTRACT The present study focuses on the feasibility of using fluids, and in particular magnetic fluids, as “Fluid Structures” in designing external appendages for the submerged bodies and propulsive fins as a practical example. After reviewing the literature of the mathematical simulation of magnetic fluids and their applications, the concept of “Fluid Structures” and “Fluid Fins” are briefly introduced. The validation of the numerical solver against analytical solutions is presented and acceptable error of 1.21% up to 2.29% is estimated. Subsequently, the initial shaping of the ferrofluid as an external fluid fin, using three combinations of internal magnetic actuators, is presented which makes the way to the oscillating motion of the obtained fin, by producing a periodically changing magnetic field. It is demonstrated that the shape of the fluid fin is almost the replica of the magnetic field. On the other hand, it is illustrated that a fluid fin with a size under 0.005 m on a circular submerged body of 1cm diameter could produce 0.0158 N force which is a high thrust force relative to the size of the body and the fin. Based on the obtained results, one may conclude that, when a “Fluid Fin” is capable of producing this amount of thrust, other fluid appendages could be scientifically contemplated and practically designed. Keywords: Fluid structures; Fluid appendages; Fluid fin; Ferrofluid; Numerical analysis. NOMENCLATURE B magnetic induction R rod radius D electric displacement t time E electric field τ viscous stress Femag electromagnetic forces χ fluid magnetic sensitivity H magnetic field J current density ρ fluid density M fluid magnetization ρe electric charge density p pressure Δh elevation of the ferrofluid U fluid velocity μ0 magnetic permeability 1. INTRODUCTION in the field of in hydrodynamics is to make adaptive devices which could change shapes in response to Any device has a purpose for which a certain different circumstances of the surrounding fluid, an physical requirements are required. One of these expectation which is hard to achieve with solid requirements is the geometry of the device and its materials. The main idea of the present study is to structural strength to maintain the geometry, numerically assess the feasibility of replacing some preventing the device from cracking or breaking. “solid structures” with “fluid structures”. To make This is why solid materials are generally used to the idea more practical, in the present study, the fabricate such devices. However, the original reason practicability of this idea in hydrodynamics is behind breaking is nothing but the fact that the numerically demonstrated by the analysis of a device is originally solid and solid materials break. “Fluid Fin”, made of ferrofluid, as a propulsive Meanwhile, one of the main concerns of engineers appendage. M. A. Feizi Chekab and P. Ghadimi / JAFM, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 615-623, 2017. Nowadays, ferrofluids are used in many fields including micro-pumps and micro-fluidic devices (Hartshorne et al., 2004 and Link et al. 2006), electro-magnetic control of droplet (Long et al., 2009; Nguyen et al., 2009 and Afkhami et al. 2008), optics (Sheikholeslami et al., 2015; Khan et al., 2015; Laird et al., 2004), nanotechnologies (Yellen et al., 2004 and Zahn, 2001), heat transfer (Lajevardi et al., 2010, Malekzadeh et al., 2015 and Prakash, 2013), and many other industrial fields (Rosenweig, 2013). Electronic arts sector is another field of application of ferrofluids where ferrofluid sculptures (Kodama, 2008), ferrofluid displays and interfaces (Koelman et al., 2015 and Frey, 2004) have been produced (shown in Fig. 1). Fig. 2. Schematic of a fluid fin. As observed in Fig. 2, magnetic actuators are located inside a submerged body and control the ferrofluid located outside the body. The ferrofluid is shaped in a way to form a fin-shaped structure. Subsequently, an oscillatory motion is induced to the fluid fin to make propulsion force. (a) (b) By showing the feasibility of a fluid fin as a propulsion system, the authors have tried to show the possibility of using fluids in a wider range of applications. As a consequence of this study, one may imagine the replacement of solid materials with fluids in devices where rigid and solid parts limit the performance of the device. Fluid structures may include “fluid rudders”, “fluid walls and reservoirs”, “fluid propellers” and even “fluid skin” for “shape changing devices”. Also, by using electrically conducting ferrofluids, it is even possible to design fluid as shapeable and (c) (d) changeable electrical circuits, perhaps resulting in Fig. 1. a) Fluid sculptures (Kodama, 2008), b & “flutronics” as a new concept in mechatronics. c) ferrofluid display (Koelman et al., 2015 and In the next section, the governing equations which Frey, 2004), d) ferrofluid interface are numerically solved by Ansys-CFX software are (Koh et al., 2011). presented. Afterwards, the software’s ability to simulate the ferrohydrodynamic is assessed by The scientific basis of Ferrohydrodynamics was modeling the stable state of a ferrofluid around a experimentally investigated by Shliomis et al. vertical electric current. Then, the main (1980) and Cowley et al. (1967) who focused on the investigation is presented in the two above free surface stability of ferrofluids. Also, the mentioned parts. equations governing ferrofluids motion named ferrohydrodynamics equations, were initially presented by Resler and Rosensweig (1964) and 2. GOVERNING EQUATION Shliomis (1968). In this numerical study, the indtended simulations Different aspects of ferrofluid flows were analytically are conducted using the Ansys-CFX solver. The and numerically investigated by Shliomis et al. governing equations used in the numerical solver (1988) and Shliomis (2001a, b) who focused on are briefly presented in this section (Ansys, 2015). improving the equations of ferrohydrodynamics and The continuity of mass and momentum are as ferrofluids magnetization and relaxation behavior, follows: Lavrora (2006) who presented numerical methods for ∂ρ predicting static axisymmetric shapes of ferrofluids +∇ρU = 0. (1) and Rabbi et al. (2016) who numerically studied the ∂t heat transfer of ferrofluids in a lid-driven cavity, ∂ρU among many others. +∇ ρU U = ∇p +∇ τ + F . (2) ∂t emag The aim of the present study is to numerically demonstrate the feasibility of using a smart fluid, where U is the fluid velocity vector and t, p, and ρ specifically a ferrofluid as a small propulsive are the time, pressure, viscous stress, and fluid appendage resembling a fish tail or fin. The main density, respectively. Also, Femag represents the idea is better illustrated in Fig. 2. momentum due to electromagnetic forces. The 616 M. A. Feizi Chekab and P. Ghadimi / JAFM, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 615-623, 2017. complexity of the problem is attributed to the use of Maxwell equations as in ∂B ∇×E= , (3) ∂t ∂D ∇×H = J + , (4) ∂t ∇.B=0, (5) ∇ D= ρe , (6) to calculate Femag. In Eq. (3) through (6), Fig. 4. Response of a magnetic fluid to the steady electric current passing through a vertical rod parameters B, D, E, H, J and ρe are magnetic induction, electric displacement, electric field, (Rosenweig, 1982). magnetic field, current density, and electric charge density, respectively. Using these equations, the Figure 4 illustrates an experimental result of the equation problem. The analytical solution of the stable F = μ M∇H. (7) elevation of the ferrofluid is presented by emag 0 (Rosenweig, 1982). is extracted for Femag. In Eq. (7), M is the fluid μ χI 2 magnetization, H is the magnetic field and is the h = 0 (8) magnetic permeability of the vacuum. The above 8π 2 ρgR2 momentum source assumes that free surface is stable. In other words, the surrounding fluid, the In Eq. (8), Δh is the elevation of the ferrofluid, μ0 ferrofluid, and the magnetic field are set in a way that no instability occurs on the free surface. The is the magnetic permeability of the vaccum, χ is differences between stable and instable free the fluid magnetic sensitivity, I is the electric surfaces are displayed in Fig. 3. current, while ρ , g and R are the ferrofluid density, gravitational acceleration, and the rod radius, respectively. The setup of the problem is displayed in Fig. 5. Fig. 3. Stable and instable free surface in ferrofluids. The focus of the present study is on the stable free surface, where no spikes occur. The Finite Volume method is used by Ansys-CFX to solve the presented governing equations for the ferrohydrodynamics problems. After this brief presentation of the governing equations, the validation of the ferrohydrodynamics software is Fig. 5. Modeling of the validation problem. presented in the following section. 3. VALIDATION In the present simulation, the current is assumed to be 3.5 A, the rod radius is set to be 1mm, the 3 In order to validate the numerical solver, the ferrofluid density is 997 kg/m , and the magnetic ascension of ferrofluids along a vertical electrical sensitivity is varied as presented in Table 1 along current carrying rod is modeled and results are with the obtained results for each case. compared against analytical solutions (Rosenweig, As observed in Table 1, the elevation obtained for 1982). the three cases is very close to the analytical To better describe the problem, a magnetic field is solution and the error of the simulation ranges created around any rod carrying electrical current.
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